Plant-protector.



S. D. SCOTT.

. PLANTv PROTECTOR.

APrLIoATIoN FILED MAY zo, 190s.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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S. D. SCOTT.

PLANT PROTECTOR. e

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 2o, 1908.

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NITED STATES@ STEPHEN D. lSCOTT,'OF HOWEVALLEY, KENTUCKY.

PLANT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Fe'b. 9, 1909.

Application led May 20, 1908. Serial No. 433,888.

To all .whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. SCOTT, a citizen of the United A States, residing at Howevalley, in the county of Hardin and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plant-Protectors, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to plant protectors, the object in view being to provide a simple, portable and durable protector or hood adapted to cover and protect from the weather, one or more plants, the protector when in position serving as an effective Shelter for the plants from cold -and biting winds and frost in the early spring as well as serving as a protection from the hot Sun and insects in the summer Season, the` protector also shading t-he earth or soil around the plant or plants soas to retain the moisture in the soil and prevent the baking of the same to the injury of the plants.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction7 combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully de scribed,` illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawinvsz-Figure'l is a perspective view of a sing e plant protector embodying the present inventlon. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of the Same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe frame of a protector for severalplants.

. In the Smaller form of protector as Shown in Figs. 1 and 2, wherein said protector is adapted for a single plant or cluster of lants, the device comprises a frame which 1s Substantially hemispherical in shape, the -frame comprising a Series of Stringer wires 1, 2, 3 and 4. In the single form of protector these Stringer wires are circular and of varying f diameter, the lower Stringer wires being the larger and the succeeding upper Stringer wires being rogressively less in diameter to' impart the hemispherical form of the complete protection. At suitable intervals the Stringer wires are connected to relatively braced Stay wires 5, 6, 7 and 8 and it will be noted that the stay wires 5 extend from 'the top to the bottom of the framework and below the lower Stringer so as to form extensions or feet 9 adapted forl insertion in the ground-as clearly indicated in Fi s. 1- and 2, whereby the rotector is effectual y anchored to withstan the action of strong winds.

The Stay wires 6 are short-er than the stay I wires 5 and extend 'from the top Stringer to the bottom'stringer. Other stay wires 7 extend fromthe bottomstringer to the Stringer which is'next below the top one while the remaining'stay wires 8 extend from the lower Stringer to the next Stringer above the lowest one. By this arrangement, the Stringer wires are braced relatively to each other without unnecessary weight or waste of material and all of the stay wires are coiled or wrapped around the lower Stringer wire and extended sufliciently below the Same to form impaling prongs 10. The stay wires 5 are twisted together as shown at 11 at the top of the frame and fashioned into a top loop 12 which constitutes a handle by means of which the protector may be carried and Set over the plant and embedded in the round.

The cover 13 may be of any desire textile material of Suitable .weight and ineness of mesh and is given a general Shape of the frame so as to it thereover as Shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower edge of the cover being im aled upon the rongs 10 as clearly indicate in Fig. 1. W ere the Stay wires cross and intersect with the Stringer wires, Such wires may be soldered or otherwise firmly connected together. A. preferred way of accomplishing the Same result how*` ever, consists in Wrapping a 4iiiewire 14 around suitable Stringer Wires as Shown lin Figs. 1 and 2 and also around the stay Wires where they intersect or wrap. around the Stringer wires, the wires 14 serving to prevent relative slippage between the stay and Stringer wires and kee ing all parts of the frame in their pro er relative places.

In the preferre formin-Fig. 3, the protector comprises the inverted V-Shaped stay '95` wires 5 at the ends andcenter of the pro-.

tector and the intermediate Stay 'wires 6 and 7 of different lengths connecting'diierent sets of Stringer wires 1 2 3 and 4', the relative arrangement of the Stringer wires and Stay wires' being identical .with the arrangement Shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the exception that in Fig. 3 the Stringer wires are practically straight while in Figs. 1 and 2 the Stringer Wires are in the form of bands' or rings. l The protector Shown in Fig. 3 iS also provided with a loop Shaped handle 12 4 to facilitate carrying ythe protector from place to vplace an planting the same in the ground.

I Clairon:-n

1. A plant protector comprising a, plurelty of Stringer Wires, a series of stayuywires extending across and connecting the Stringer Wires and projecting below the lowermost Stringer Wire to form anchor feet and impaling prongs, and e flexible and detachable cover arranged over said frame and having the marginal edges thereo impoled on said 10 prongs.

2. A Plant protector comprising a plurality o" story Wires, a series of parallel Stringer 'Wires connectin secured thereto, e top oop formed by the the stoy Wires and stay wires, anchoring feet formed b jecting certain stay wires below the ower most Stringer Wire,' cover impaling prongs formed by extending other stoy Wires below the lowermost Stringer Wire, Aand a flexible SVEPHEN D. SCOTT.

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pron 15 and detachable cover ha 'ng its marginal 20Y 

